Acupuncture points that are used to help people to quit smoking are usually combinations of body acupuncture and auricular (ear) acupuncture. Your acupuncturist may recommend use of herbs along ...

Three meta-analyses of sham-controlled studies on the efficacy of acupuncture for smoking cessation (2,000 total ... or 'seeds' are applied to the ear) for relapse prevention in narcotics abusers ...

Some natural remedies may help you quit smoking. These include acupuncture ... According to the authors, this may be due to an acupuncture point in the ear that corresponds to the closest position ...

A traditional medicine research team at Taipei Medical University Hospital yesterday said its clinical research showed that ear acupuncture therapy could help people quit smoking. The team, referring ...

Ear stapling, a form of acupuncture that is fast becoming one of the most sought after methods for weight loss and smoking cessation, is nothing new. It has been around for more than 20 years ...

Acupuncture, a form of alternative medicine used to treat everything from back pain to weight control, is becoming more popular as a smoking cessation tool. Though the idea may conjure up images ...

But a 2007 study from Taiwan that looked at needle acupuncture around the ear, the area typically targeted for smoking cessation, reported a lower success rate. Only nine percent of those who were ...

Treatments involved inserting needles in the outer ear or sometimes in ... revealed that although auricular acupuncture appeared to be effective for smoking cessation, the effect did not depend ...

Three meta-analyses of sham-controlled studies on the efficacy of acupuncture for smoking cessation (2,000 total ... or 'seeds' are applied to the ear) for relapse prevention in narcotics abusers ...

EL PASO, Texas - Many people are using acupuncture as a natural way to quit smoking. Acupuncturists tend ... we will leave the patient with a little ear tex or ear seeds, which are sterling ...

However, the patient should be willing to quit smoking. The acupuncture therapy promises ... the expert inserts about five needles into the ear, especially in the cartilage avoiding the ear ...